Projects of the Department of CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE
Strengthening Cultural Offerings in Rural Areas with the Independent Performing Arts - Models for the Professionalisation of Cultural Infrastructures
Community Building – Cultural Participation & Placekeeping
The University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (FHP), Wayne State University Detroit (WSU), and the Talking Dolls Gallery are jointly developing an international online course on cultural participation and placekeeping, the preservation of places and communities, in post-industrial spaces.
Design and Construction Workshop Gohrisch: Material, Joining, House
The research and teaching project "Design and Building Workshop Gohrisch - Material, Joining, Landscape" examines the question of how contemporary architecture in rural areas can respond to landscape, climate, community and local building culture. The starting point is the municipality of Gohrisch in Saxon Switzerland - a place characterised by its special topographical location, its cultural…
Berlin, Paris and the Topography of the Metropolises 1937-1945
Franco-German research project on the history of urban planning in Berlin and Paris from 1937 to 1945
Schwedt an der Oder − Urban Redevelopment & Development Prospects
In the teaching and research project of the Architecture and Urban Design degree programme, students developed innovative concepts for the city of Schwedt/Oder over the course of two semesters − from a new innovation campus to the redesign of central inner-city spaces. Future-oriented ideas for mobility, sustainability and social participation were developed in close collaboration with local…
Innovation Campus Schwedt an der Oder – A New Location for Green Energy
Today, Germany's refineries are at a turning point, the challenges of the energy transition are becoming increasingly tangible and a rethink is taking place. This is where the project comes in and uses the example of the PCK refinery in Schwedt an der Oder to look for concepts for a forward-looking orientation and reorganisation of the site.
The Architect Emilie Winkelmann: Work, Influence and Impact
Emilie Winkelmann (1875 – 1951) was the first woman to open her own architectural practice in Germany in 1907. At a time when women could only enrol at German universities in exceptional cases and the professional field of architecture was still entirely in the hands of men, Winkelmann was able to establish herself as a sought-after architect in Berlin. The project focuses on her built work, her…
InNoWest - MOSIDI Implementation Project: Modular Open source Infrastructure for Data Interaction
Tool for easy data access, evaluation and visualisation to support planning and decision-making processes in sustainable municipal development
Learning from Pompeii (view from the North). The ancient urban form for the future city
As part of the Erasmus + KA131 Blended Intensive programme, students have the opportunity to engage intensively with the city of Pompeii in both a digital and analogue component and to derive new design ideas through international exchange.
Me — We — Potsdam-Bornstedt: Biography of a District
In the spirit of the question formulated in the seminar title about the "biography of a district", Potsdam-Bornstedt was to be researched by means of an interdisciplinary and intergenerational approach in order to work out the urban and socio-spatial development of the district and ultimately make it presentable.
Peter Behrens in Berlin and Brandenburg - Research-Based Teaching
Behind the working title "Peter Behrens in Berlin and Brandenburg" is an ongoing elective course led by Prof. Dr Silvia Malcovati and Prof. Bernd Bess, in cooperation with Prof. em. Hartmut Frank of HafenCity University Hamburg and with the architectural photographer Maximilian Meisse.